Sr. Principal Software Development Engineer

About the team

Zillow’s Rich Media Experiences (RMX) team employs 3D computer vision, computer graphics, and artificial intelligence to invent experiences that enable Zillow's customers to better understand homes. Using groundbreaking technologies, our team works across product, research, engineering, and business to enable people to virtually walk through a home and understand the home's layout. As part of RMX, you'll have the chance to create the next-generation home shopping experience using technologies that deliver unrivaled information.

About the role

As a Senior Principal Engineer, you assume a key role in designing and building company-wide media processing capabilities that can radically scale our rich experiences to millions of customers. You will work closely with senior leaders and principal engineers across the organization to help guide our architecture and technical strategy. You will mentor engineering leaders and lead other back-end engineers to chart the direction for how we build our platforms. You will help us deploy high scale distributed services and work across teams to understand and resolve sophisticated issues.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.

Compensation

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York City and Washington the standard base pay range for this role is $215,600.00 - $344,400.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York City and Washington and may not be applicable to other locations. In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver long-term technical strategy for RMX back-end architecture and media processing
• Work with teams and technical leaders to align on strategy and vision
• Mentor and develop principal and senior technical leaders
• Set operational excellence standards and implement modern engineering practices
• Communicate strategy, roadmap, and decisions to senior leadership
• Champion improvements in the quality and stability of service fundamentals and promote engineering excellence
• Partner with senior Product leadership to align engineering capability to business strategy

Who You Are

You are a leader who can inspire others with your technical vision, collaborate with partners from all walks of the business, mentor other technical leaders, and improve the technical excellence of an organization.

• 10+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade software or services
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and principles
• Experience setting architecture vision and strategy for an organization
• Experience in developing highly available services at internet scale
• Strong communication skills to interact with audiences that include customers, peers, and executive leadership
• Passion for mentoring and guiding engineers, helping them develop and grow into technical leaders
• A strategic perspective with a focus on the customer

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first-class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home, and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at

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